Abx

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I need to get my rear bumper repaired where someone has keyed it at one end, had a few quotes and some are saying respray just the damaged end and blend in the laquer, others are saying respray the whole bumper!

Anyone know what I should opt for, cars not that old so I want it to be 100% and am not looking for a cheap quick fix.

Blending in
This will mean only the damaged part is repaired and the other side which is totally fine is not affected so stays 100% original, but will it look even from left to right?

Whole bumper
Obviously the full bumber will be perfect but then is it worth painting the whole thing when just one side is damaged, I worried about painting one end that is perfect at the moment.

Can I expect it to be as good as knew, as tough and a perfect colour match.

All have said it'll be baked so hopefully will not dent once a few stones have flicked up at it.

Any advice will be greatly appreaciated.
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Rich D

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blow it all otherwise it won't match

PeeVee

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That would all depend on how good the paint sprayer is

Rich D

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no matter if he's the best sprayer in the world, if the original paint has faded (some colours are worse then others) then the fresh new paint will be a different colour

Abx

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cars only 18 months old so hopefully not faded.

PeeVee

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Absolutely, which is why a good sprayer is worth his weight in gold.....

The good ones will make a batch of paint from the manufactures paint code and then tint it themselves to get a close match to the current color of paint that is on that particular car, he can then spray a small area and blend it into the surrounding paint causing any difference in paint colour to be lost gradually into the old paint & making any colour difference invisable to the naked eye.

The one thing I would not do is paint the whole bumper, as you would then end up with a whole panel that is a different shade, and unless you went to the expense of blending it into both rear wings and the boot lid, you would see the diffierence quite clearly where the new paint on the bumper meets the old paint on the other panels.

yellowevo

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It all depends on the colour of the car

scooby jay

Just repair damaged area with colour then blend into old paint then laquer the whole bumper job done

juggers

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repair damaged area any decent body shop should be able to blend it in. I got a few stone chips on the front of my 997 turbo am getting it blasted and blended in does'nt need a full spray job but my paint man is top notch!

Abx

iTrader: (15)

Cheers guys, yes going to opt for the blend in, I too was concerened about having a whole panel painted and then it not matching, have been quoted £100 labour and £45 materials plus the VAT so £170 all in so quite good I think, they are going to remove the rear light and drop the bumper so will not have any solid masking lines which rteally bug me.

Thanks for the advice
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